Local Campaign Finance Reform Addendum

NCL Staff, 2001

When the New Politics Program was first established in 1997, its first undertaking was to study the existence of local campaign finance reform efforts throughout the country. Made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation, this project was a direct outcome of then NCL Chair, Honorable Bill Bradley’s desire to consolidate our organization’s historical focus on recognizing and promoting political reform efforts at the local level. A study of local campaign finance reform was seen as a prime vehicle for fulfilling this goal.

Our study found some interesting results. While reform efforts continued to languish in the U.S. Congress, community leaders from Tucson, Arizona, and Ft. Collins, Colorado to New York City, and Miami, Dade County, Florida were found adopting and refining local reforms. Based on this study, NPP has published two reports containing a menu of model campaign finance reforms options and case studies.

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